Famous Cricketers No 84 - G.L.Jessop

5. Gloucestershire v Kent, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 16, 17, 18 (Kent won by 84 runs) c F.Marchant b W.Hearne 20 97 11.2 6 12 3 W.Rashleigh b 161 1 H.C.Stewart c H.V.Page W.Hearne b c W.Hearne b F.Martin 2 85 9 5 10 3 W.Rashleigh b 105 1 M.C.Kemp b F.Martin b 6. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Bristol, August 20, 21, 22 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 100 runs) b E.Wainwright 5 114 19 5 58 1 J.Tunnicliffe b 365-8d 1 c E.Wainwright b R.Peel 0 151 7. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Clifton College Ground, Bristol, August (23), 24, (25) (Match drawn) 11 4 17 0 102-2 8. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, August 27, 28 (Somerset won by five wickets) not out 61 115 14 6 23 2 V.T.Hill c H.Wrathall 141 1 R.P.Spurway c J.H.Board b W.C.Hedley 8 135 9 5 16 0 110-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 8 13 1 162 61* 13.50 - 1 6 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship (5b) 138.2 61 264 16 3-10 16.50 - - 1895 Gloucestershire were fourth in the extended fourteen-team Championship. Jessop was third in the county’s batting and bowling averages. In the match against Nottinghamshire, at Trent Bridge, he made the highest score of the innings, the first of many occasions. At Bristol, against Sussex, he made, for the first time, the highest score of the match. He achieved this on many occasions too. Against Middlesex, at Lord’s, he took his first haul of 5 wickets in an innings. In the match against Yorkshire at Cheltenham, Jessop took four catches in an innings for the first time. He injured his hand in the second innings of the match against Somerset at Taunton. At the end of the season, he was invited to play in two festival matches at Scarborough. This was his first experience of first-class cricket outside the Championship. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 9. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 30, 31, June 1 (Gloucestershire won by five wickets) b G.Thornton 5 366 48 24 88 5 A.E.Stoddart b 200 A.J.Webbe lbw H.B.Hayman b R.S.Lucas c A.J.Dearlove T.C.O’Brien b not out 14 46-5 30 12 68 1 H.Philipson c S.A.P.Kitcat 208 10. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Hove, June 3, 4 (Sussex won by six wickets) c G.Brann b A.Collins 23 151 12 2 32 1 G.Bean c F.C.Bracher 213 1 c G.Bean b G.L.Wilson 31 146 9 4 14 0 86-4 11. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, June 6, 7 (Surrey won by an innings and 195 runs) c T.W.Hayward b W.H.Lockwood 35 129 61 31 124 6 W.H.Lockwood b 405 F.C.Holland c H.Wrathall J.M.Read b K.J.Key c C.O.H.Sewell F.E.Smith c H.Wrathall H.Wood c E.L.Thomas b T.Richardson 10 81 5